Improvement in wind-mills



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CHARLES c. HARRIS', or ,LA FAYETTE, .iLLINoI-s.

. Letters Pa-tent No. 95,018, dated Sqitember 2l, 1869.

. IMPROVEMENT IN WIND-MILLS;

l The Schedule referred to in` these Letters Patent `and making part of the same.

Be itknown that I, CHARLES C. HARRrsof La Fayette, in the county of Stark, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Wind-Wheel; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and'exact description thereof, which will enable others.

skilledrin the art `to make and use the same, reference beingvhad to the accompanying drawing, forming part i A of this specification. 1

'lhe 'object of this invention is to providea simple and cheap wind-wheel, with` selffadjusting wings or buckets, capable'ot opening to the wind on one side and closing on the other.A

The invention alsocomprises an improved arrangement for, transmitting motion from the said wheel especially adapted for operating pumps.

` Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of my improved wheel." v

. Figure 2 represents a top view, with the under side .broken out.` v y `Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.- j w Y .A` and B represent the upper and lower sides of a horizontal wheel, 'supported on a vertical shaft, C, in

` a 'suitable frame.

,D represents the` buckets, pivoted to the said sides A B, the said pivots E being placed at aboutonethird the breadth of the buckets from one edge,and studs,

F G, are provided in the rims, to limit the movement of these buckets on their journals.

'lhese journals I propose to extend at the top up through the rim of the wheel, and bend them over in line with the longest` diameter of: the cross-section of the buckets or wings, and in the direction vfrom the;

jour'nalsn which the/said buckets are widest, as represented at`H,'aud I bend them `upwardat the outer `ends..

I represents bars, .pivoted orhinged tto the periph- `,ery of the lower rim B, and weighted at the upper ends, which extend a little above the upper rim, from the periphery ofrwhich guide-rods K project, through holes vin the said rods, limiting the outward movement of thesaid ends, of which movement they are capable.

. Fror'n the top of these rods I, project, radially, bars L, which support at their inner .ends curved segmental bars.

When thewind blows upon the wheel, these buckets, on the side where the greatest breadth of the buckets are'toward'the wind, will open against the studs F, taking the wind suliciently to set the wheel in motion, while thosebuckets on the other side will stand edgewiseto the wind, as shown at the side x, figLgZ.

= The weighted arms I are provided to prevent the `wide part of ,the buckets being forced inward when coming around `into the wind, as'on the side y; Their actiouon the buckets is produced by being caused to swing outward by centrifugal force, which brings the segmental arms against bent rods., H, and swingsthe buckets .outward to a circumferential position.4

I propose to provide an interior set of similar buckets N, whereby a greater amount of surface is .fur- Ilished for the ,wind to act upon.

For transmitting the motion for operating pumps P, or other reciprocating devices, I provide a horizon- 'tal shaft, Q, having arms or plates projecting each iside'of thevertical shafts, and on these I 'provide eircular inclines, np which a roller, S, on an arm projecting from the shaft C, rides in swinging around `in its regular course.

An oscillating motion will thus be imparted to the .shaft Q, on which projecting arms T may be placed for *working theconnecting-rods of pumps or vother reciprocating devices.

Having thus described my invention,

Whatl claim. as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l.` The buckets D,j ournalled in` the sides AB, as described, and provided with the studs lF G, for limiting their axial motion, substantially as specified.

2. The axial vprojections H of 'the buckets, shaped as described, and combined with the weighted and pivoted arms I, having` the segmental arms M, all 'substantially as specified.

3. rlhe combination of the shaft Q, the inclines R,

.shaft O, and roller S, all arranged substantially as.

CHARLES c. HARRIS.

specified.

Witnesses:

PETHUEL PARISH, f GEORGE D. CARTER.. 

